tinnie collection

[merdock]

Hi,
Heres all my tinnies not a lot of them but i do not activly collect them all these came from vet 's along with other bits.
Any help appreciated Merdock.

[merdock]

backs'' i assume there all common.

[Ralph A]

Yes and no.

Nice little selection. The "Hitler Dank" tinnie is somewhat common; this one is missing it's pin so not worth much.

The one underneath it is desirable. Maybe $50 for this one, It's an NSDAP "Gau" festival tinnie, in conjunction with the DRL.

An underneath that one, a nice HJ games "tinnie" obviously plastic. It's being plastic puts a small premium on the price. Guessing $35 -50.

Top, middle: another DRL badge. Seen it around. maybe $25.

Below it, WHW tinnie, given for a donation to "fight hunger and cold" $20 tops.

The Olympic tinnie might fetch a nice price. Anything Nazi + Olympic does. But, they are all over the place in price. Yours looks to be one of the more desirable ones...

Everything on the right is common. Just about everyone has the "Gau Thing" tinnie and has commented on the prurient aspects of it.

The bottom one is a common "Tag der Arbeit" tinnie, first in a series from 1934 to 1939.

The top right one looks odd. Very crude. I would not be surprised it it were a reproduction or outright fantasy piece.

Hope this helps. This is all from memory and maybe some of the other "tinnie mavens" can sharpen my input some; put a value to the Olympic job.

[Vadim K]

well, Ralph got it all covered. Top right does look crude and it has a pin commonly seen on repros.

As for Olympic pin, I am not sure what Ralph means by "more desirable", they are all like this, solid-backed with Ges. Gesch mark. There are stamped ones but they are post-war restrikes. The value is around $50, give or take (I bought two I have for $18 or so a few years ago, but the prices have gone up considerably since then)

[merdock]

Hi,
Thanks for the input ,as to the one at top right because of were it came from and at no cost i would be very suprized if it's not original the pic is a little distorted because of the angle that it lays on the scanner,in the pic the writing can not be made out but in reality it is very good heres what it says i think,
Nieder farhfen
tag 23.6
19 34
Verden
the plating does have eruption marks in places making it difficult to read.
Merdock

[Kevin Sanders]

References

Ralph pretty much gave you some good G2 on these pieces - without my references in front of me, I cannot add much to the discussion. However, Ralph's point about any genuine 36 olympics item coupled with the NSDAP is worth having - Someone will track this down shortly...

As for the top right tinnie - it does look very rough and resembles some of the junk coming out of Eastern Europe - see if you can get us a better picture of this one and we may be able to confirm the status.

Thanks for posting; you have some nice pieces there.

[Marc Sherriff]

Top right tinnie

Text

Niedersachsentag 23.6.1934 Verden 782

Sorry I have no idea what the 782 represents.

[merdock]

Here's a larger pic of the suspect one.sorry it know looks worse.

[Vadim K]

I say its a sloppy Polish re-strike or something to that effect, it looks pretty weird. Also, like I said, I have seen these pin attachments on fakes before (compare this pin to the pins on your other tinnies).

[James Noble]

merdock, could you post a larger pic of the back I would like to see what that circular item is under the pin. You ether post it here or email it to me a ( JNOBLE9170@aol.com)

[merdock]

Hi,
heres a close reverse do not know what the circle is.
All the best Merdock

[Ralph A]

Good eye Mr. Nobles.

I was wondering about that "flower" myself. Strange. Maybe it's the Japanese Imperial Crysanthemum.

It's listed in Tieste's book, by the way. Item #34.01. Look under "Verden" (city in Germany).

[merdock]

Hi,
can somone let me in on this circle, flower, thing
Merdock

[Ralph A]

No input, sorry.

I've never seen that before. Tieste's catalog shows the obverse of this badge only.

He lists it at about $30 value. So, real or not, t'ain't worth much anyway.

...It IS metal, right? Not leather or some composite.